Book Lists

When winter sets in, do you crave a few winter reads? Or maybe you like them in the dog days of summer to help you cool off. Either way, books set in winter can be really cozy reads! To help…

Good news: the annual Best Historical Fiction list is back! This is Literary Quicksand’s 3rd year of curating an epic list of historical fiction. As with the previous years, I’ll do my best to keep coming back and updating this…

Here are a few of the LQ contributors’ favorite reads of 2022. Here’s to a fantastic reading year in 2023!

Welcome to our monthly recap! Happy holiday season🎄🎅❄️🤶☃️

It’s definitely a busy, busy time of year! I know I haven’t been reading as much, but still so close to my goal so I have to keep going 😅. Where are you at with your reading goal? Will you make it? I have to read 1.5 books per week to finish, so I better get going!

Without further ado, here’s what some of us read last month. Did you have any standouts?

Welcome to our monthly recap! I hope you had an awesome spooky season 👻, and I hope you’re loving all those Christmas ads up already 😆.

I’m only reporting on 3 of us this month, but man, we read quite a bit between us! What did you read in October?

Looking for a list of the best fiction books about Greek mythology? I’ve seen a lot of readers over the past few years who, after reading something like Circe or Song of Achilles, decide they’d love to read more Greek mythology stories. There really are a lot out there, but what are the best ones?

In this list, I’ll give you a ton of ideas.

Whew. September is such a whirlwind for me and my family. I love it, but also I’m…kind of glad it’s over? 😆 Anyway, here’s what we read in September. Check it out and let us know what you read!
Anyway, here’s what we read in August. Check it out and let us know what you read!

When my brother died from cancer 4 years ago, I felt completely and utterly alone. People were present at first, but after a couple of months, they began to disappear. I turned to books for support, comforted by the fact…

August…the last month of summer. Some of us managed to read quite a bit! And I (Joli) read THREE five-star books in August. Three! August was just an awesome reading month for me.

Anyway, here’s what we read in August. Check it out and let us know what you read!

In this guest post, author and story structure consultant Leon Conrad shares some lesser-known books on writing that he has found particularly inspirational.